niacin help?

[juliefurry03]

Last Friday I picked up 4 pekin babies and will be adding 2 muscovies in a few days. I searched high and low for a duck starter feed and couldn't find one. I found one store that carried duck grower, but they told me my babies are too young for that, and sold me the purina flockraiser. My babies have been eating that and drinking plain water since they came home. Do I need to add niacin to their drinking water? And also I can't find a liquid niacin only a powder pill form. Can I still add the powder to their water same as the liquid?

Also do I offer them their food dry or wet I have their food next to their water and they seem to go back and forth between the two is that ok?

 

[juliefurry03]

I should add right now they all seem fine but I want to make sure I am prepared just incase I start to notice things are a little off.

 

[KuroKitsune]

you can add the pill powder to the water for niacin if you like or you can add brewers yeast to their food but i dont know the usage rate on that.


i gave mine a few drops of poly-vi-sol without iron every couple of days and it worked great...the poly-vi-sol has either 8mg or 10mg of niacin in it per dose if i remember correctly but i never gave them a whole dose just a few drops to maybe a third of dose when bigger

 

[MeepBeep]

Can I still add the powder to their water same as the liquid?

Yes, niacin is water soluble, as suggested I would try sprinkling brewers yeast on the food... I use 1 cup of yeast to 5 lbs of feed as a supplement, it should boost the protein about 2-3% as well as provide additional vitamins as this rate... I use KAL brand nutritional yeast flakes, as they are additionally fortified with more vitamins...